What Dick Wadhams needs to do, he can't: erase history. Even where as a public, we can have a short memory. That is, Jane Norton's history. This is a modest reminder.I was a Budget and Policy Analyst when (Bennet's likely Republican opponent), Jane Norton was former Gov. Bill Owens' designated dismantler of Colorado's health and compassion, federally funded programs (I was responsible for $36 million in air, water, hazardous materials and consumer protection programs). Norton was head of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.Budget meetings involved (literally) screaming between program fiscal officers and the Budget manager, Gary Newell.The Federal Bureau of Investigation occupied the office down the hall from my desk, investigating Norton's CDPHE failure to inspect nursing homes. Many critics decried Owen's appointment of someone with large nursing home holdings, state transportation head Tom Norton.Republicans want the national security gold star (this is puzzling: WWI was won by a Democratic president; WWI was won by a Democratic president; the Korean war was well towards being won by a Democratic president..and then we have W.). So let's think a moment. If the FBI wasn't tied up trying to get Norton's department to do its job inspecting nursing homes, what? Maybe, more to follow up on the Arizona field agents report, well berore 9/11/2001, that Islamic individuals appeared to be training as airline pilots for a terrorist action?The state (CDPHE) laboratory on the Lowry campus was closed down for faulty lab tests.Norton's CDPHE was lambasted for not testing sewerage plants on the upper South Platte, from which effluent downstream municipalities drew drinking water.Jane Norton is a political hack, cannot manage anything, has drifted from crony appointment to another, is a right wing extremist, and is unfit to be Senator of our fine state. She has done enough damage already. We know, and this is a reminder.Mike Kiley, PhD, MPHPresident,Colorado Alpine Advanced Trauma Care Project, Inc.

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What Dick Wadhams needs to do, he can't: erase history. Even where as a public, we can have a short memory. That is, Jane Norton's history. This is a modest reminder.I was a Budget and Policy Analyst when (Bennet's likely Republican opponent), Jane Norton was former Gov. Bill Owens' designated dismantler of Colorado's health and compassion, federally funded programs (I was responsible for $36 million in air, water, hazardous materials and consumer protection programs). Norton was head of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.Budget meetings involved (literally) screaming between program fiscal officers and the Budget manager, Gary Newell.The Federal Bureau of Investigation occupied the office down the hall from my desk, investigating Norton's CDPHE failure to inspect nursing homes. Many critics decried Owen's appointment of someone with large nursing home holdings, state transportation head Tom Norton.Republicans want the national security gold star (this is puzzling: WWI was won by a Democratic president; WWI was won by a Democratic president; the Korean war was well towards being won by a Democratic president..and then we have W.). So let's think a moment. If the FBI wasn't tied up trying to get Norton's department to do its job inspecting nursing homes, what? Maybe, more to follow up on the Arizona field agents report, well berore 9/11/2001, that Islamic individuals appeared to be training as airline pilots for a terrorist action?The state (CDPHE) laboratory on the Lowry campus was closed down for faulty lab tests.Norton's CDPHE was lambasted for not testing sewerage plants on the upper South Platte, from which effluent downstream municipalities drew drinking water.Jane Norton is a political hack, cannot manage anything, has drifted from crony appointment to another, is a right wing extremist, and is unfit to be Senator of our fine state. She has done enough damage already. We know, and this is a reminder.Mike Kiley, PhD, MPHPresident,Colorado Alpine Advanced Trauma Care Project, Inc.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.